Upper limit of constant strain rates in a split Hopkinson pressure bar experiment with elastic specimens

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 440-446

  Pan, Y ^a   Chen, W ^a   Song, B ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant strain rate; Dynamic material behavior; Hopkinson bar; Linear loading rate; Upper limit

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

CONSTANT STRAIN RATE; DYNAMIC MATERIAL BEHAVIOR; HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR; LINEAR LOADING RATE; UPPER LIMIT;

STRAIN RATE;

ELASTICITY; LOADING;

EID: 26444482132     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0014485105057760     Document Type: Article

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